2024 archive
Still Rising after All These Years 0
If at first you can’t secede, try, try again.
No, I Am Not Watching the Election Coverage 0
I am stressed out enough already from worrying that we are on the verge of the end of the American dream.
I’ll read about it tomorrow.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Robert Cauthorn, writing at the Las Vegas Sun, hears a number of rhymes between today and the era of McCarthyism and the “Red Scare.” Here’s just one of them; follow the link for the rest.
Just like today, in the 1950s the forces of authoritarianism talked about the people who opposed them as degenerates and sexual deviants. And it should not go unnoticed that McCarthy’s right hand was lawyer Roy Cohn, who later became Donald Trump’s prized mentor.
Methinks you will find his article somewhat disquieting.
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*Mark Twain.
The Haunting 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice warns us to fear the Ghost of Chevron Deference, summoned from the past by the Supreme Supremacist Court.
Navigating the Disinformation Superhighway 0
WHYY, an excellent radio station which I listened to when l lived in the Philly area, offers some excellent pointers for avoiding misdirection ploys on the Disinformation Superhighway.
Ballot Questing 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Sunita Sah offers some suggestions for making sure you are casting your vote intelligently.* Here’s one that’s particularly relevant in these days of the Disinformation Superhighway:
Follow the link for her other suggestions.
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Her terminology is “act(ing) from personal values, not external pressures.”
I like mine better.
Irrationalizations 0
David takes a look at how Trump supporters lie to themselves about who and what Trump is. (Warning: Short commercial at the end, which you are certainly free to ignore.)
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” feels compelled to flaunt his portable phallus.
Mixed Messaging 0
At Delaware Liberal, Alby reports receiving two mailers for Monica Beard, a Democrat running for the state legislature.
He found them curiously different.